Comments on: Attendance is down? Eh, no big dealhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/04/20/attendance-is-down-eh-no-big-deal/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Thu, 24 May 2018 17:56:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: APBA Guyhttps://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/04/20/attendance-is-down-eh-no-big-deal/#comment-130520
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:54:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130520Weather is great here, snicker, snicker. The Sox are in town and just finished spanking the beloved A’s. Normally a sellout, today’s game drew about 80% of capacity, like last year. So why aren’t we drawing better? Oh, yeah. That pesky unemployment problem, currently at 12%. Then there’s that underemployment problem, currently at 7%. That’s about 1 in 5 here who aren’t in a ticket buying mood, and there are at least another 2 in 5 who are watching gas prices go up and the steady trickle of people moving back whence they came, and thinking “that could be me next.” Very, very unpleasant.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:42:39 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130509The weather here in Cleveland has SUCKED ASS! plus the economy here is really horrible and despite our record we really dont have a superstar or that must see player.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:55:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130470Warm weather games draw better, and the teams in “good weather” locations don’t want to give a disproportionate number of those up.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:48:22 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130469Bigger crowds in Toronto? Yeah the caption in this article shows those people piling into the Rogers Centre! Nice article.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:05:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130460Rockies vs. Dbacks in April…why was this a Rockies home game again?

I can only imagine the difficulties of making up an MLB schedule for all 30 teams, and the number of variables one would have to anticipate. Bad weather in northern states, good weather in the south, west coast and domes seems like a pretty safe bet early on though. It could also help avoid some injuries.

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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:52:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130457Over 45,000 in attendance at CBP last night. It was raining and 50 something. Maybe New Yorkers are just getting soft?
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:42:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130453It’s been the coldest April on record here in the Pac NW… combine that with a piss poor Mariners team that is painful to watch and you’ve got the perfect formula for record low attendance. I usually hit a couple of games a month, but it’s hard to have fun when you’re watching Adam Kennedy batting cleanup while it’s 38 degrees, damp and windy.
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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:38:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=52472#comment-130451The Dodgers should look much better with all those extra police officers hanging around.
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